The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-11-30
NO. 100
STRAY grTs.

An Indian woman, the last Of the Hum
boldt tribe, recently died at Oakland, DIT
There are said to be only four horses IN
Alaska, three at Juneaus and one at Sitka.
An interesting sale Of autographs recently
took place in Paris Liszt's signature brought
$50, while zola's sold for S1.S0.
The first Mormon temple in Wisconsin was
dedicated at East Delevan recently The
building is small and unpretentious
Berlin has technical high school, built
by the city at a cost of 81, SOC, 600, and main
tanned at an annual cost Of $780, 900.
In Ohio 100 farmers Institutes will be held
next winter as part Of the commemoration
Of the Tooth anniversary of the founding of
the state
The favorite stage OF the late King Louis
Of Bavaria has been purchased by q travel
ing circus. Even his shirts have been sold
at auction
A new way to make sure Of dreaming on
wedding cake has been discovered, and thus
epigrammatically expressed by contempt
rary: "Eat it.
DIR. Schaeffer, of Washington, asserts sol
emnly that walking on railroad ties is fine
exercise and conducive to health. This will
tighten the hearts of many theatrical people.
Irwin Bleichart, who runs a shifting en-
| CINE at Lebanon, Pa, claims To be the
| youngest locomotive engineer in the country,
If not in the world. He is only 49, and has
been at the business two years.
The proper thing in neekwear among the
swells of San Antonio, Tex, is q scarf made
of rattlesnalSe skin, with q pin composed of
| the snakes rattles. The skins are prepared
by Texan, who has a snake rancho near the
city.
Burnt wood ornaments are really works of
art this season, SO exquisite is the shading
upon them. One OF the prettiest is an owl,
who conceals AN ink well somewhere in his
portly body, aud whose markings ere indi-
Gated by burning, which must have been
done with fairy TORCH
Telegraphic communication will shortly
begin between Russia and France All dis
patches at present come through Germany,
and have recently been tempered with at
Berlin Russia, in the case Of a war between
Germany and Austria, would be entirely cut
Off from telegraphic communication with the
remainder of Europe.
There are 20 blast furnaces In and about
Pittsburg, IS rolling mills, 80 steel works, IS
WiuuQW glass WORKS. % ulnb BifisSa WORKS uiu
| II green glass works. The blast furnaces
make SOC, 600 tons of iron per year, the roll
ing mills 575,0 900 tons, steel works 100000
TONS plate glass works $780, 900 square feet,
/ window glass works 100000.
A North Carolinian, recently returned
from Japan, says that in a few years the
| Japanese will be the greatest railroad build
| ers in the world He bases his Judgment on
the fact that the Japanese are great patrons
of railroads. Even when they have no bust
ness to transact they ride back and forth on
| the cars until their money is gone, even the
begga1s in the lnrgo towns spending their
money in this curious way.
Il Is not generally known that the worlds
supply Of pencil wood Is drawn from the
| gulf coast swamps on both sides Of Cedar
Keys, and that the product Of the mills
there Is shipped not only TO the New York
and New Jersey factories, but also 20 Ger
many, and, perhaps, other countries Of Eu-
rope That nothing may be lost, the saw
dust is distilled in large retorts and the oil
| extracted, every ounce of which finds ready
| sale.